Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Michael Drury, Res. Somerset Co. Pa

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Drury Michael
Dis-
no papers.
res. Somerset Co. Pa.
CONTENTS

Stamp torn off in mail Div. see note at head of letter
Mrs. H. J. Snyder
Mellette
South Dakota

1 21 Stamped Envelope Dec. 30/20
Rev. Mr. [unclear]
Washington C.H. Ohio see different ad. on dwr. Jan. 3 1920 passed on back of this
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir, — Will you please give me all the information you can concerning the Revolutionary soldier, Michael Henry who drew a pension from Somerset County, Pennsylvania from June 1, 1809 until his death in 1817. nothing in files
I wish to find out the following; the date of Michael Henry's

birth and marriage; the name of his wife and the dates of her birth and death; the names of his children, with dates of their birth, death, and marriage.
I would be very grateful if you could give me any or all of these facts.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. H. J. Snysa

aw Rev. War Section. aw
Jan. 16, 1920.
Mrs. H. J. Snyder, Mellette, South Dakota.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 3 rd instant, you are advised that in the Report of the Secretary of War in relationship to the Pension Establishment of the United States which was published in 1835, on the list of invalid pensioners of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, it appears that Michael Drury, a Private in the Revolutionary Army was pensioned from June 1, 1809 at $40 per annum under the Act of April 25, 1808, and died August 25, 1817.
There is no further data on file as to this pensioner, owing to the destruction of papers in the War Office when Washington was burned in 1814.
Very respectfully,
W. C. Fitzgerald Commissioner.
The printed list also shows him increased to $64. under Act Apr. 24, 1816 but that was a general increase no more papers need have been filed on acct of it.